different between trimorphism vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

tri- +? -morphism

Noun

trimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural trimorphisms)

1. (crystallography) The property of crystallizing in three distinct forms.

   Titanium dioxide exhibits trimorphism: its three forms are rutile, octahedrite, and brookite.

2. (biology) The coexistence among individuals of the same species of three distinct forms, not generally connected by intermediate gradations.

Related terms

• dimorphism
• polymorphism
• trimorphic

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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